Practice Mobile Menu Trigger Overview Experience Team Insights Subscribe to insights July 8, 2011 Client Update The FTC Issues Amendments to HSR Rules and Notification Form On July 7, 2011, the FTC published on its website a notice of final rulemaking, setting forth substantial revisions and am... June 13, 2011 Client Update Supreme Court Limits False Statement Liability Under Rule 10b-5 To Those Who Actually Make Misstatements On June 13, 2011, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an important decision clarifying the scope of liability for “making” f... June 7, 2011 Client Update SEC Whistleblower Rules: What You Need to Know The SEC has now issued rules implementing the Dodd-Frank whistleblower bounty provisions, ushering in a radically new comp... June 6, 2011 Client Update Supreme Court Determines that Class Certification Does Not Require Proof of Loss Causation in Securities Fraud Cases On June 6, 2011, the Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in Erica P. John Fund, Inc. v. Halliburton Co. (No. 09-1403... May 25, 2011 Client Update SEC Adopts Final Whistleblower Rules Earlier today, in a divided 3-2 vote, the SEC adopted final rules to implement the whistleblower provisions of the Dodd-Fr... March 22, 2011 Client Update Decision in Matrixx Initiatives, Inc. v. Siracusano Rejects Bright-Line Rule in Securities Fraud Action Based on Pharmaceutical Company's Failure to Disclose Adverse Event Earlier today, the Supreme Court issued an opinion in Matrixx Initiatives, Inc. v. Siracusano. The case involved Matrixx?... January 25, 2011 Client Update Revised Jurisdictional Thresholds Under the HSR Act and for the Prohibition of Interlocking Directorates - January 2011 The memorandum is addressing recent changes to both the HSR premerger notification filing thresholds and the thresholds th... January 11, 2011 Client Update Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Important Securities Case On January 7, 2011, the Supreme Court agreed to hear Erica P. John Fund, Inc. v. Halliburton Co. (No. 09-1403). This case ... December 14, 2010 Client Update Delaware Court Protects Lenders from Fraudulent Transfer Suit For Payments Made and Collateral Granted on Account of Antecedent Debt In an important recent decision, In re Champion Enterprises Inc., the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware h... November 10, 2010 Client Update SEC and DOJ Announce Resolutions of FCPA “Industry Sweep”; First SEC Charge Against a Non-U.S. Issuer for FCPA Violations On November 4, 2010, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announc... Load More
July 8, 2011 Client Update The FTC Issues Amendments to HSR Rules and Notification Form On July 7, 2011, the FTC published on its website a notice of final rulemaking, setting forth substantial revisions and am...
June 13, 2011 Client Update Supreme Court Limits False Statement Liability Under Rule 10b-5 To Those Who Actually Make Misstatements On June 13, 2011, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an important decision clarifying the scope of liability for “making” f...
June 7, 2011 Client Update SEC Whistleblower Rules: What You Need to Know The SEC has now issued rules implementing the Dodd-Frank whistleblower bounty provisions, ushering in a radically new comp...
June 6, 2011 Client Update Supreme Court Determines that Class Certification Does Not Require Proof of Loss Causation in Securities Fraud Cases On June 6, 2011, the Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in Erica P. John Fund, Inc. v. Halliburton Co. (No. 09-1403...
May 25, 2011 Client Update SEC Adopts Final Whistleblower Rules Earlier today, in a divided 3-2 vote, the SEC adopted final rules to implement the whistleblower provisions of the Dodd-Fr...
March 22, 2011 Client Update Decision in Matrixx Initiatives, Inc. v. Siracusano Rejects Bright-Line Rule in Securities Fraud Action Based on Pharmaceutical Company's Failure to Disclose Adverse Event Earlier today, the Supreme Court issued an opinion in Matrixx Initiatives, Inc. v. Siracusano. The case involved Matrixx?...
January 25, 2011 Client Update Revised Jurisdictional Thresholds Under the HSR Act and for the Prohibition of Interlocking Directorates - January 2011 The memorandum is addressing recent changes to both the HSR premerger notification filing thresholds and the thresholds th...
January 11, 2011 Client Update Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Important Securities Case On January 7, 2011, the Supreme Court agreed to hear Erica P. John Fund, Inc. v. Halliburton Co. (No. 09-1403). This case ...
December 14, 2010 Client Update Delaware Court Protects Lenders from Fraudulent Transfer Suit For Payments Made and Collateral Granted on Account of Antecedent Debt In an important recent decision, In re Champion Enterprises Inc., the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware h...
November 10, 2010 Client Update SEC and DOJ Announce Resolutions of FCPA “Industry Sweep”; First SEC Charge Against a Non-U.S. Issuer for FCPA Violations On November 4, 2010, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announc...